Ezekiel 24

The Siege of Jerusalem

1 l In the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 2 m "Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.

3 And n utter a parable to o the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord God:
"Set on p the pot, set it on;
pour in water also;
 4 put in it the pieces of meat,
all the good pieces, q the thigh and the shoulder;
fill it with choice bones.
 5 Take the choicest one of the flock;
pile the logs 1 under it;
boil it well;
seethe also its bones in it.

6 "Therefore thus says the Lord God: r Woe to the bloody city, to p the pot whose corrosion is in it, and whose corrosion has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, without making any choice. 2 7 For the blood she has shed is in her midst; she put it on s the bare rock; t she did not pour it out on the ground to cover it with dust. 8 To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance, I have set on the bare rock the blood she has shed, that it may not be covered. 9 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city! u I also will make the pile great. 10 Heap on the logs, kindle the fire, boil the meat well, mix in the spices, 3 and let the bones be burned up. 11 Then set it empty upon the coals, that it may become hot, and its copper may burn, v that its uncleanness may be melted in it, its corrosion consumed. 12 w She has wearied herself with toil; 4 its abundant corrosion does not go out of it. Into the fire with its corrosion! 13 On account of your unclean lewdness, because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your uncleanness, x you shall not be cleansed anymore till y I have satisfied my fury upon you. 14 z I am the Lord. I have spoken; it shall come to pass; I will do it. I will not go back; a I will not spare; b I will not relent; c according to your ways and your deeds you will be judged, declares the Lord God."

Ezekiel's Wife Dies

15 The word of the Lord came to me: 16 d "Son of man, behold, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you at a stroke; yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down. 17 Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. e Bind on your turban, and f put your shoes on your feet; do not cover your lips, g nor eat the bread of men." 18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and h at evening my wife died. And on the next morning I did i as I was commanded.

19 And j the people said to me, "Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are acting thus?" 20 Then I said to them, "The word of the Lord came to me: 21 'Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: k Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the yearning of your soul, and l your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword. 22 And m you shall do as I have done; m you shall not cover your lips, g nor eat the bread of men. 23 m Your turbans shall be on your heads and your shoes on your feet; you shall not mourn or weep, but n you shall rot away in your iniquities and groan to one another. 24 Thus shall Ezekiel be to you o a sign; m according to all that he has done you shall do. When this comes, then p you will know that I am the Lord God.'

25 "As for you, q son of man, surely on the day when I take from them r their stronghold, their joy and glory, the delight of their eyes and their soul's desire, and also their sons and daughters, 26 s on that day a fugitive will come to you to report to you the news. 27 On that day your mouth t will be opened to the fugitive, and you shall speak and be no longer mute. u So you will be a sign to them, and v they will know that I am the Lord."

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 20:1
    In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord, and sat before me.
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:1
    And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
  3. Cross References
    Ezekiel 17:2
    Son of man, propound a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel.
    Ezekiel 20:49
    Then I said, "Ah, Lord God! They are saying of me, 'Is he not a maker of parables?'
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:5
    And whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house) they will know that a prophet has been among them.
  5. Cross References
    Ezekiel 11:3
    Who say, 'The time is not near to build houses. This city is the cauldron, and we are the meat.
    Ezekiel 11:7
    Therefore thus says the Lord God : Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of it, they are the meat, and this city is the cauldron, but you shall be brought out of the midst of it.
    Ezekiel 11:11
    This city shall not be your cauldron, nor shall you be the meat in the midst of it. I will judge you at the border of Israel.
    2 Kings 4:38
    And Elisha came again to Gilgal when there was a famine in the land. And as the sons of the prophets were sitting before him, he said to his servant, "Set on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.
  6. Cross References
    1 Samuel 9:24
    So the cook took up the leg and what was on it and set them before Saul. And Samuel said, "See, what was kept is set before you. Eat, because it was kept for you until the hour appointed, that you might eat with the guests." So Saul ate with Samuel that day.
  7. Cross References
    Ezekiel 22:2
    And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then declare to her all her abominations.
    Nahum 3:1
    Woe to the bloody city, all full of lies and plunder - no end to the prey!
  8. Cross References
    Ezekiel 24:3
    And utter a parable to the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord God : "Set on the pot, set it on; pour in water also.
  9. Cross References
    Ezekiel 26:4
    They shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers, and I will scrape her soil from her and make her a bare rock.
    Ezekiel 26:14
    I will make you a bare rock. You shall be a place for the spreading of nets. You shall never be rebuilt, for I am the Lord ; I have spoken, declares the Lord God.
  10. Cross References
    Leviticus 17:13
    Any one also of the people of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, who takes in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten shall pour out its blood and cover it with earth.
    Deuteronomy 12:16
    Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth like water.
    Deuteronomy 12:24
    You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth like water.
  11. Cross References
    Isaiah 30:33
    For a burning place has long been prepared; indeed, for the king it is made ready, its pyre made deep and wide, with fire and wood in abundance; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.
  12. Cross References
    Ezekiel 22:15
    I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you through the countries, and I will consume your uncleanness out of you.
  13. Cross References
    Jeremiah 2:22
    Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me, declares the Lord God.
  14. Cross References
    Isaiah 22:14
    The Lord of hosts has revealed himself in my ears: "Surely this iniquity will not be atoned for you until you die," says the Lord God of hosts.
  15. Cross References
    Ezekiel 5:13
    Thus shall my anger spend itself, and I will vent my fury upon them and satisfy myself. And they shall know that I am the Lord - that I have spoken in my jealousy - when I spend my fury upon them.
  16. Cross References
    Ezekiel 17:24
    And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord ; I bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish. I am the Lord ; I have spoken, and I will do it.
  17. Cross References
    Ezekiel 5:11
    Therefore, as I live, declares the Lord God, surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will withdraw. My eye will not spare, and I will have no pity.
  18. Cross References
    Numbers 23:19
    God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
    1 Samuel 15:29
    And also the Glory of Israel will not lie or have regret, for he is not a man, that he should have regret.
  19. Cross References
    Ezekiel 20:43
    And there you shall remember your ways and all your deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you shall loathe yourselves for all the evils that you have committed.
    Ezekiel 23:45
    But righteous men shall pass judgment on them with the sentence of adulteresses, and with the sentence of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands.
  20. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:1
    And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
  21. Cross References
    Leviticus 10:6
    And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his sons, "Do not let the hair of your heads hang loose, and do not tear your clothes, lest you die, and wrath come upon all the congregation; but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning that the Lord has kindled.
  22. Cross References
    2 Samuel 15:30
    But David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, barefoot and with his head covered. And all the people who were with him covered their heads, and they went up, weeping as they went.
    Isaiah 20:2
    At that time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, "Go, and loose the sackcloth from your waist and take off your sandals from your feet," and he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
  23. Cross References
    Hosea 9:4
    They shall not pour drink offerings of wine to the Lord, and their sacrifices shall not please him. It shall be like mourners' bread to them; all who eat of it shall be defiled; for their bread shall be for their hunger only; it shall not come to the house of the Lord.
    Jeremiah 16:5 - 7
    For thus says the Lord : Do not enter the house of mourning, or go to lament or grieve for them, for I have taken away my peace from this people, my steadfast love and mercy, declares the Lord.
  24. Cross References
    Ezekiel 24:16
    Son of man, behold, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you at a stroke; yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down.
  25. Cross References
    Ezekiel 12:7
    And I did as I was commanded. I brought out my baggage by day, as baggage for exile, and in the evening I dug through the wall with my own hands. I brought out my baggage at dusk, carrying it on my shoulder in their sight.
    Ezekiel 37:7
    So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone.
  26. Cross References
    Ezekiel 12:9
    "Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, 'What are you doing?'
  27. Cross References
    Jeremiah 7:14
    Therefore I will do to the house that is called by my name, and in which you trust, and to the place that I gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.
    Ezekiel 7:21
    And I will give it into the hands of foreigners for prey, and to the wicked of the earth for spoil, and they shall profane it.
  28. Cross References
    Ezekiel 23:47
    And the host shall stone them and cut them down with their swords. They shall kill their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses.
    2 Chronicles 36:17
    Therefore he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or aged. He gave them all into his hand.
  29. Cross References
    Ezekiel 24:17
    Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban, and put your shoes on your feet; do not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
    Ezekiel 12:11
    Say, 'I am a sign for you: as I have done, so shall it be done to them. They shall go into exile, into captivity.
  30. Cross References
    Ezekiel 24:17
    Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban, and put your shoes on your feet; do not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
    Ezekiel 12:11
    Say, 'I am a sign for you: as I have done, so shall it be done to them. They shall go into exile, into captivity.
  31. Cross References
    Ezekiel 24:17
    Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban, and put your shoes on your feet; do not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
  32. Cross References
    Ezekiel 24:22
    And you shall do as I have done; you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
  33. Cross References
    Ezekiel 4:17
    I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and look at one another in dismay, and rot away because of their punishment.
  34. Cross References
    Ezekiel 24:27
    On that day your mouth will be opened to the fugitive, and you shall speak and be no longer mute. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the Lord.
    Ezekiel 4:3
    And you, take an iron griddle, and place it as an iron wall between you and the city; and set your face toward it, and let it be in a state of siege, and press the siege against it. This is a sign for the house of Israel.
  35. Cross References
    Ezekiel 24:22
    And you shall do as I have done; you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
  36. Cross References
    Ezekiel 6:7
    And the slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
  37. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:1
    And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
  38. Cross References
    Ezekiel 24:21
    Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God : Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the yearning of your soul, and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.
  39. Cross References
    Ezekiel 33:21 - 22
    In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and said, "The city has been struck down.
  40. Cross References
    Ezekiel 29:21
    "On that day I will cause a horn to spring up for the house of Israel, and I will open your lips among them. Then they will know that I am the Lord."
    Ezekiel 3:26 - 27
    And I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be mute and unable to reprove them, for they are a rebellious house.
  41. Cross References
    Ezekiel 24:24
    Thus shall Ezekiel be to you a sign; according to all that he has done you shall do. When this comes, then you will know that I am the Lord God.
    Ezekiel 4:3
    And you, take an iron griddle, and place it as an iron wall between you and the city; and set your face toward it, and let it be in a state of siege, and press the siege against it. This is a sign for the house of Israel.
  42. Cross References
    Ezekiel 6:7
    And the slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
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